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Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

WILLIAM FRANCIS TI-IORNE,

CARD

PATENT QFFIQE,

GAME.

Application fi1ed .April 16, 1927. .Serial No. 184,304.

This invention relates to new and-useful improvements in card games and the principal object thereof is to provide an entertaining well as educational game, the cards comprising the deck having indicia designat-ing, or letters which conjointly spell a name, when the cards are assembled, certain of these cards having letters whichwhenassociated will spell the abbreviation of a name, and certain other of the cards having indicia designating different occupations followed in the particular community whose name is spelled cards.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of a deck of cards with which a great number of different games may be played, but particularly two games in which books are formed to constitute tricks of various scoring values.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

Inthe accompanying drawing forming a part of the description and wherein like nu- ,merals .are employed to designate like partsthroughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a view showing diagrammatically all of the cards comprising the deck.

Figure 2 shows four of the minor or Fan cards each indicating a different suit.

Figure 3 shows four of the higher or Chief cards representing the four different suits, and V I Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view of how the cards are arranged to form a .border or Grove in playing one of the games.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein I have specifically illustrated certain of the cards comprising the complete deck, so that the subject matter of the other cards will be perfectly clear, I will first describe all of the cards which comprise the deck. This deck of cards consists of sixty cards which are divided into four suits of fifteen cards each, named from high to low Oranges indicatedby the numeral 5 in Figure 2, Poppies by the numeral 6, Peppers by the numeral 7 and Palms by are of the same color, such as gold, while the Pepper and Palm sults are of a dlfierent color such. as green, these colors belngmerel by the foregoing arrangement of the.

arbitrary, but indicative of the color of theproducts represented.

As shown at the left side of Figure 1, the

lower ten cards, viz: 1 to 10 or Ace to 10 of each suit are provided with. indicia or individual letters 9 so that when the cards are arranged consecutively according to their numerical value, they will conjointly spell out a name. In this particular deck I have chosen the name California which comprisesten letters and in order that the Fan cards 1. to

10 will conjointly spell out the name Californiawhen arranged consecutively according to their numerical value, the card bearing the Ace or numeral 1 designation will contain thereover the letter C, the Deuce will bear the numeral 2 with the letter A thereover, the Trey will bear the numeral 3 with the letter L thereover, the four card the I, the five card an F, the six card an O, the seven card an R, the eight card an N, the nine card an I and the ten card an A as clearly shown at the left of Figure 1. Each card also bears an indication 10 of its particular suit in diagonally opposite corners at the margins as is common in decks of cards, it also being understood that the numerical value indication of the card as well as its respective letter 9 also appear at diagonally opposite corners of the cards above the suit indication 10. Each of these Fan cards from 1 to 10 also bear at cards each, and each set'containing cards conse'cutively numbered 11 to 20 and bearing the letters comprising the word California, the 11 card bearingthe letter C, the 12 card the letter A, the 13 card the letter L and so on up to the QOcard' which bears the letter A, the lastletter of the name California. These ,two sets of Chief cards are-the face cards of the deck and each of these indicates a dif' fcrent'occupatio-n or recreation in the State the numeral 8. The Orange and Poppy suits of California. The first card to the left of Figure 3 indicates a face card of the Palm suit and contains a plctorial illustration in duplicate at an orange grower- The second card to the right of Figure 3 is the twenty card of the Orange suit and contains a pictorial illustration in duplicate of a Movie Star. These two cards represent face cards of the Orange and Poppy suits or the gold color set and the pictorial illustrations represent occupations or recreations, indulged in California.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there are provided five face cards for each I suit, those of the Poppy and Palm suits being numbered consecutively from 11 to 15 and bearing respectively the letters C-A-L-I-F, whereas the Orange and Pepper suits each contain five face cards numbered consecutive ly from 16 to 20 and containing respectively the letters O-R-N-I-A as clearly indicated at the right of Figure 1.

In order that it will be perfectly clear as to the indicia of the respective face cards I will list below all of the face cards according to the suit as Well as their numerical value and the individual letter each contains to cooperate in forming the word California.

GREEN SUIT LORDS Palms Pictured as C 11 Mariner Spanish Sailor- A-i2 Preacher Mission ladre L-1 3 Minor Prospector l-M Engineer Surveyor -15 Rancher Orange Grower Peppers Pictured as 0-16 Driller And Derrick 11-17 Merchant And Store N48 Builder Carpenter 1-1!) Shipper Ship A420 Captain Of Industry GOLD SUIT LADIES Poppies Pictured as 0-11 Mermaid Catalina Ocean Girl iii-1,2 Teacher In School L43 Mascot Fortune Teller L14 Author Historian R15 Tourist In Typical Garb Oranges Pictured as 0J1 Booster A Native Beauty R47 Hostess \Velcon'iing Tourists N-IS Artist Painting \Vcst l 19 Secretary Ofiice Girl A-QO Movie Star Colleen l\IoorcIIolywd.

From the foregoing list it will be observed in Figure 3 that I have illustrated the fifteen of Palms, the sixteen of Peppers, the eleven of Poppies and the twenty of Oranges in the respective order named, and that these cards fifteen cards inclusive of the Palm and Poppy face cards form the first half, C-A-Ir-I-F, of the name California, whereas the cards 'siX teen to twenty of the Pepper and Orange suits form the last half of the name California, namely Clt-N-I-A, and consequently when the eleven to twenty cards in the Palm and Pepper suits are arranged consecutively according to their numerical values, they spell out the name California, and the same is true of the face cards eleven to twenty of the Poppy and Orange suits which are called the Gold suit.

From Figure 1 it will also be clear that the first three cards, Ace, Deuce and Trey of each Fan suit contains the letters C-A-L or an abbreviation of the State ofCalifoi-nia. Likewise the eleven, twelve and theirteen cards of the Palm and Poppy suits contain respectively, the letters C-A-L.

It will, therefore, be clear that there are six sets of letters making the word California or the abbreviation Cal. p

The face cards arenot merely equal rights cards, but are chivalrous cards, not only giving emoluments to the women but giving them pro-eminence in value in games.

Having thus described the individual cards comprising the deck, I will now outline briefly two games which may be played with the deck of cards. Essentially the game consists of making books which score different values according to the suits to which they belong. The game I have called California, is played as follows The forty Fan cardsconsisting of the cares numbered one (or Ace) to the ten in each suit are played in the form of an oblong or oval border on the card table with upper convex arch and lower concave arch facing the dealer (south), as shown in Figure 4 of the drawing, the upper arch containing as the game proceeds the letters C-A-L-I-F and. tie lower concave containing the letters O-It-N-I-A to make the complete word California. These cards will. be played in ten tricks each composed of four cards of the same letters, thus the four Cs'or Ace cards of the four suits constitute one trick and the rest in like manner. It'is not necessary to play the cards in the orderthey occur in the word, it being merely necessary to play the cards in its proper place in the ol long of the border where it belongs. Thus, you may play the L before the C or A if you wish, but it must be placed in the center of the upper arch of the border as the playing place is termed.

The balance of the face cares or Chiefs,

five of each suit, are played in suitsmaking four tricks. of live cards each played in the Garden inside of the border shown in Figure 4L. The dealer leads and may start an suit he desires in its place. The next players may build on his lead or start a new lOO trick so that there may be the entire {fourteen tricks building simultaneously. The playing is in turn regardless of whotakes the trick and. the face value of the card in this particular game is of no importance, be-

cause the player of the last card-in each trick the deck of cards, Ihave termed Orange In playing this game the twelve Grove. Orange cards numbered four to ten and sixteen to twenty are used to form the four corners of a square or Grove, as it is called, on the card table as the game proceeds. Each corner consists of three of these Orange cards.

One side of the Grove faces each of four players, but any number'from three to six may participate. In the center of each side line of the Grove is played another three card trick, the Ace, Deuce and Trey of each suit being played as separate tricks and are called Cal tricks because they bear the letters O-A-L, the abbreviation for California.

Neither the corner Orange Grove tricks or the line Cal tricks are played in the order of value because in all cases it is the last card played on a trick that takes it. Thus, it will be seen that there are eight three card tricks in the boundary of the Grove.

The remaining thirty six cards (fourto fifteen in Palms and Poppies and four to ten and sixteen to twenty in Peppers) are all played inside of the Grove in three tricks of four cards each in Palms, Peppers and Poppics, making twelve tricks played in suits. This makes seventeen tricks in each hand played.

All of the cards are dealt at one time and the dealer leads any Orange suit card on a corner,or he may play any O or A or L card to start a center line trick, or one inside the garden to start an inside trick. The second .player may play on the card led to build up that trick or he may start another trick with a different suit. The entire eight outside tricks may be building at once, but no more than three (one each of Palms, Peppers and Poppies) may be building inside of the Grove at once. The tricks are taken from the board as soon finished.

The scoring value of the tricks is as follows:

Each corner and each Cal trick counts 3; inside tricks, Palms 4; Peppers 6 and Poppies 8. Each trick over seven counts 5 points; bonus tricks in Lords, 6 out of 10 scores 5 points; seven out of ten scores ten points; eight out of ten scores points, nine out of the possibleten, points, and all ten scores 100 points. Bonus tricks with the Gold suit of Ladies, the score is'doubled.

Bonus or courtesy scores may be earned by any player holding any number above five oft-he ten cards which spell the name California.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is:

g 1. A deck of cards comprising several suits composed of two distinct color sets, each high suit of the respective color sets omitting a consecutively numbered group of cards, which group is contained in each low suit of the respective colorsets. v

2. A deck of cards comprising several suits divided into two color sets, each suit comprising cards numbered from one to ten and each low suit of the respective color sets being numbered eleven to fifteen and the two high suits of the respective color sets being numbered from sixteen to twenty inclusive, cards a of the two suits of the same color set being numbered consecutively form eleven to twenty and containing respectively the individual letters of a name, said cards one to ten of each of the suits likewise containing respectively theindividual. letters forming the sa-mename.

3. A deck of cards comprising a plurality of suits composed of two distinct color sets, the cards of each suit containing letters to conjointly spell a complete name and in addition a part thereof when arranged in sequence, the suits of the respective color sets omitting certain letered cards spelling part of saidname and adapted to be arranged in sequence with cards of another suit of the same color to conjointly complete the spelling of the same name.

4. A deck of' cards comprising a plurality .of suits composed of two distinct color sets, each card of each suit containlng an individtial for a certain trick, said card having a suit color different from' the suit omitting 1t and contained in another suit and adapted to be played in associationfwith a card of the suit omitting it to constitute a trick.

6. A deck of cards comprising'high and low suits, the cards of the low suits being consecutively numbered 1 to 15 inclusive and the cards of the high suits being consecu tively numbered 1 to 10 inclusive and 16 to 20 inclusive, certain 01 the consecutively numbered cards of the low suits adapted to he consecutively arranged With the latter consecutively numbered groups of the high suits to constitute tricks.

7. A deck of cards comprising suits each of Which is composed of sets of different scoring values and each set including numbered cards, each containing a part of a name and adapted to conjointly spell a name when arranged in numerical sequence, each suit of the respective sets omitting certain cards which interrupt the numerical sequence and which are contained in each low suit of the respective-sets and which When arranged in numerical sequence With the cards 01:" the low suits conjointly spell the'same name.

In testimony Whereol I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM FRANCIS TI-IORNE. 

